Artist: Jorge Jose Castillo Casalderrey (Spanish, b. 1933)
Title: The Cascade (Kasside von den Zweigen)
Medium: Original aquatint etching Arches paper.
Signature: Hand signed lower right and numbered left III/X
Printer: Wilhelm Schneider, Berlin
Dimensions: Sheet size 22 3/8 x 30 inches. Image size 15 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches.
Jorge Castillo a Spanish-born cubist/surrealist painter and sculptor. His full name is Jorge José Castillo Casalderrey. For most of his childhood, he and his family lived in Argentina. Since 1962, he has maintained residences in both Barcelona and New York City. Castillo greatly admired Pablo Picasso, and that influence shows in his paintings, etchings, and lithographs.His steel sculpture “Homage to the Cyclist” stands in the Plaça de Sants in Barcelona.